CERVICAL CANCER

Chandigarh: Work is on to develop a vaccine to contain prevalence of cervical cancer among women, especially in rural and tribal areas, former President APJ Abdul Kalam said on Tuesday.
"The vaccine will cost around Rs 100," he said at a conference organised here by the Institute of Microbial Technology...

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women and is responsible for nearly 10 percent of cancer deaths in women, particularly in developing countries. In India, it kills over 74,000 women every year.
Now, researchers have completed a systematic and comprehensive genomic analysis of cervical cancer in two different...

Dr Neerja Bhatla, gynecologist and obstetrician at AIIMS, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on fighting cervical cancer.
Q. HPV is a predisposing factor.. use of barrier contraceptive or even better avoiding illegitimate sex would be a better way of prevention? Asked by: Sathyaki
A. Barrier contraceptives do...

We've all heard tragic stories about someone dying of cardiac arrest on the football field or during a board meeting. What we've heard next are related stories about what a stressful, over-leveraged lifestyle brings along with it. The fact is there are certain genetic mutations, highly prevalent in the Indian...

New Delhi: Cervical cancer can be fully prevented if there is the required awareness. The tragedy, however, is that because of lack of knowledge and an itcannothappentome attitude, it is the most common kind of cancer in India today. "It's tragic that cervical cancer mostly hits the young population ...

With 1,30,000 new cases of cervical cancer diagnosed every year in the country, India accounts for nearly a third of all new cases in the world. What's worse, in another decade, more than 2.3 lakh new cases of this preventable cancer might be diagnosed annually. Yet, doctors in this campaign...

Mumbai/New Delhi: Tobacco is addictive, causes cancer and is killing nearly 1.2 lakh young Indians. Two major studies were released in the past week. A study in the Lancet, and the World Tobacco Atlas both found that tobacco use is the single biggest cause of cancers in India, resulting in...

Mumbai/New Delhi: Tobacco is addictive, causes cancer and is killing nearly 1.2 lakh young Indians. Two major studies were released in the past week. A study in the Lancet, and the World Tobacco Atlas both found that tobacco use is the single biggest cause of cancers in India, resulting in...

Mumbai: A landmark study published in The Lancet has found that cancer hits Indians much earlier than Westerners. Cancer claimed 6 lakh Indian lives in 2010 and contrary to popular perception, cancer is no longer a disease of the rich. It killed twice as many as poor and illiterate Indians...

Kuala Lumpur: Scientists in Malaysia have claimed to have isolated a natural compound from a local plant which could prevent and treat the dreaded cervical cancer in women.
A team of researchers from Universiti Putra Malaysia has discovered a natural compound, isolated from a local herbal plant named "lempoyang" which...

London: Scientists have developed a new and cheaper test that can accurately detect cervical cancer, a breakthrough which they say could save thousands of women who die of the disease every year.
The test, known as the Cobas test, delivers overnight results and is highly accurate than the smear test...

New Delhi: Every seven minutes a woman dies of cervical cancer in India. Cervical cancer claims 74,000 lives every year in India. Now a new vaccine claims to prevent it but has drawn a lot of controversy. Reacting to that, the health ministry has launched an investigation into such deaths....

London: Jack Tweed, the widower of reality TV star Jade Goody, has been charged with raping a teenaged girl.
The news comes barely five months after the death of Goody, who had turned into a public hero due to her battle with cancer.
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London: Jade Goody, Britain's biggest reality TV star, was buried near her village home in southeast England on Saturday in one last public moment after a celebrity life lived out in front of television cameras.
Thousands of people lined the streets and many others watched the funeral on giant television screens...

London: Late British reality TV star Jade Goody's life is reportedly being adapted for a film tentatively titled Catch a Falling Star which will detail her povertyridden childhood and struggle with cancer.
Goody, 27, died on Sunday after a sevenmonthlong battle with cervical...

New Delhi: The 7month long agonizing wait for death came to an end for reality television star Jade Goody. The British celebrity who was diagnosed with cervical cancer last year succumbed to her illness on early Sunday morning.
Jade died at 3:55 this morning, and family and friends would like...

London: Jade Goody was the ultimate reality television star. From shooting to villainy for her racial barbs against a Bollywood actress to becoming an icon of courage in her last moments, the 27yearold Briton chose a life that would put small screen dramas to shame.
Not many people grow up...

London: British reality TV star Jade Goody succumbed to cancer, her spokesman Max Clifford confirmed on Sunday.
Goody died at home in Upshire, Essex, in the early hours of Sunday (UK Time) after a very public battle with cancer.
Goody's cancer diagnosis had come while she was shooting for reality...

London: Jade Goody was staying alive Friday through willpower and what her doctors called her 'strong heart'.
Taking a brief break from her bedside vigil at Jade's home in Upshire, Essex, mum Jackiey, 50, told the website of The Mirror on Thursday, "The nurses are doing a fabulous job."
She added, "We...

London: Jade Goody is fighting a losing battle with cervical cancer. She's possibly the world's most highprofile victim, and yet every year at least 75,000 Indian women die of the disease that is fully treatable, if detected on time.
Although she is losing her own battle to the disease, Jade...

London: After some national newspapers have come out against the reality TV star Jade Goody's tribute issue by a magazine while she is still alive, her family has expressed its support for the edition.
Goody's publicist Max Clifford confirmed that her family approved supported the OK magazine for carrying phrases "In...

New Delhi: There has been a huge response in UK to dying, cancerstricken, reality TV star Jade Goody's campaign for the cancer screening age to be lowered. Thousands are expected to march to Downing street on Wednesday with a petition to review the age limit for cancer screening.
Jade Goody...

Mumbai: Actress Shilpa Shetty rushed to London to meet her former Celebrity Big Brother housemate Jade Goody on hearing that the British reality TV star was close to death but was not allowed to meet her.
"When I left for London on Sunday, I thought I'd be able to meet her...

New Delhi: Actress Shilpa Shetty rushed to London on Sunday to see reality TV star Jade Goody. Jade has been battling cervical cancer and is said to have very little time left.
Shilpa has been in regular touch with Jade on phone after realising her terminal illness, the Mirror reported online....

London: Cancerstricken British reality television star Jade Goody is said to be close to her end as her condition has worsened dramatically.
Goody, 27, was said to be "on the edge of a precipice" on Saturday night, as her condition deteriorated leading to fears she may not live more than a...

London: Things are not looking too good for reality TV star Jade Goody, but she's keeping a brave face. Jade who is battling cancer, left hospital on Wednesday after nearly two weeks to spend her final days with her family.
On Wednesday, a frail looking Jade left the West London...

New Delhi: British reality TV star Jade Goody, who is battling cancer, has left hospital after nearly two weeks to spend her final days with her family.
Jade's fight with cancer has been captured by the media at every stage.
She has spent the last year campaigning for various cancer charities...

According to a 2007 WHO report 75,000 Indian women die every year due to cervical cancer. CNNIBN presents a distinguished panel of doctors who speak about cancer prevention and battling one of the most common diseases to afflict Indian women.
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